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He was turned away by the door guys, yeah? Or was there something more? On a related note, I was in Berlin recently but stupidly planned my trip for the middle of the week I didn't even get a chance to be turned away.

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Never been myself, but from what I can gather the door policy is definitely opaque at best ... "techno tourists" are supposedly frowned upon.

Re: Hawtin - As I recall, he was partying in a back room w/ some friends, including Dubfire; things got too raucous at some point (hard to believe given the stories about Berghain) and they were subsequently removed from the club. Richie made a little fuss about it on facebook. RA was atwitter for a bit. It was all very tempest in a teacup, but funny nonetheless.

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Thanks for the heads up. SF is seriously treating us so well on the EDM front that I am overwhelmed and keep skipping a couple of great shows every single week. ...To be 10 years younger and underemployed (but with cash!)

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Originally Posted by boarderwoozel3

So I go to see my first Richie Hawtin DJ set this weekend and the fucker was a no show. Marc Houle and Hawtin got replaced by a 4 hour Troy Pierce set. Granted Troy was fantastic, but still, sonofabitch. No doubt that neither could be bothered to leave the Sonar parties, but I can't really knock them for that. The rest of the lineup delivered with a few awesome surprises. Carl Craig, Villalobos and Stephan Bodzin were all awesome. Before this weekend I had no clue what Florian Meindl or Oliver Huntemann sounded like but holy balls alive were they good. Pictures and video (with iffy iPhone sound quality, but it gets the point across) forthcoming.

Holy shit woozman. Yes and thank you!

My advice- go buy everything Oliver Huntemann has ever made. So much goodness. More of an 80s aesthetic with an electro lean as opposed to black cashmere turtleneck minimal. Love it

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Cross posting from the 2011 albums thread.

Originally Posted by SoulDischarge

I highly recommend Bruno Pronsato - Lovers Do. It's minimal tech house, but it's got jazzy sections that remind me of Tortoise and microhouse sections that remind me of Matmos. There's this rhythmic agitation that makes it feel a lot less programmed than most electronic music. Everything's kind of moving and twisting and fidgeting while still maintaining a kind of fluid progression. It's kind of long (about an hour and a half), but it's worth it.

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Damn, I just found out that one of my friends was at the Grand Palais event last week.

Stolen from his blog post without permission :P "The Grand Palais is a beautiful and massive Beaux-Arts iron and glass building. Anish Kapoor’s gigantic Leviathan inflatable art installation contained inside is a fantastic style juxtaposition, all organic and blobby. Richie Hawtin’s hard minimal techno is the reason I bought turntables 15 years ago, and I still love it. All three combined for an art-rave with thousands of Frenchies was probably the most fun I’ve had seeing Richie since the legendary Sickness/Recovery party with Jeff Mills in a bean field in Canada in 1996."

He'll be at Richie's SF show on Friday, I'm going to have to track him down and beg for more details.

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For those of you who missed it, fear not. We’ll be documenting the performance and the entire installation in an exclusive sit-down interview between Anish Kapoor and Richie Hawtin in the coming weeks.

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I know where I'll be on the 27th, thanks Forza! I included some more details.

Crosstown are very excited to announce their biggest show ever in Los Angeles which will take place on Saturday 27th August at the fantastic Music Box auditorium in Hollywood. Timed perfectly on the weekend before Burning Man, Get Lost LA promises to be an unforgettable night of pure hedonistic madness that only the Rebels could bring to the city of angels. Confirmed artists for the event include a special session by Visionquest (Seth, Ryan, Shaun and Lee), Art Department and Deniz Kurtel live, Damian Lazarus, Droog and special guests.

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I'm looking for more minimal/dark techno artists to listen to. I've seen some names dropped in the DEMF thread and elsewhere like traversable wormhole and cio d'or but I can't find any mixes/live sets. Anybody have any other artist or set/mix recommendations?